Co-packer or brand owner is the threshold question
Determine whether the business owns brands or manufactures for others. A branded maker controls its margins, its shelf relationships, and its marketing risk; a co-packer or private-label manufacturer trades brand risk for customer-concentration risk. These are different valuation problems, and the median earnings near 140,000 mean little until you know which model generates it.
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